The Gateways: The Wisdom of 12-Step Spirituality

by Jane Galloway

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Author: Jane Galloway

Publisher: Sacred Stories Publishing

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ISBN 10: 1945026170
ISBN 13: 978-1945026171

The Gateways are...A Gateway, a Bridge, an Opening into living the Spiritual Life that the Steps promise! What YOU get from this is TOOLS, Inspiration, Time to release the Shame and move into the FREEDOM.

Is there more to recovery than just staying sober and clean? Dr. Jane Galloway offers an emphatic "yes" to this question in her groundbreaking 12 Step companion guide, The Gateways: The Wisdom of 12-Step Spirituality. Galloway presents the 12 Steps squarely in the context of 21st-century spirituality with breadth, skill, and sensitivity that helps readers of any faith (or of none) experience profound spiritual awakening.

Too many recovery programs fixate on the sickness of addiction and, as a result, trap people in a pathology-centered mindset. Jane Galloway's strength-based approach suggests "Rather than obsessing on what is 'wrong' with a person, learning what is 'right' with them may hold the key to understanding." Incorporating ancient developmental systems like Chinese meridians and the Kabbalah Tree of Life, as well as more recent psychological systems like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Erik Erikson's Eight Ages of Man, Gateways presents 12-Step Spirituality as a Wisdom Path. Galloway's 12 corresponding Gateway Essences unlock the power of the Steps through spiritual practices and rituals that make up a customized, holistic Mind, Body, Spirit tool kit.

As a 30+ year member of Alcoholics Anonymous, ordained pastor and Doctor of Ministry, accomplished stage and screen actor, and community organizer, the Rev. Dr. Jane Galloway brings a woman's voice to the chorus of men who have previously spoken on 12-Step spirituality. Her work is inspired by and devoted to AA's founding spiritual vision as it appears in "The Big Book": "To us the realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek." The Gateways opens wider vistas to the deeper wisdom within us all.

Review

Bill W., Lois, and Dr. Bob are cheering from the bleachers as Jane Galloway brings the much-beloved 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous into the light of the 21st century. Touching upon all the world's religious traditions, as well as secular and New Thought philosophies, The Gateways serves as a guide to anyone on a spiritual journey who wants to deepen their faith and experience what it means to be made whole.
Kate Sheehan Roach, Managing Editor, Patheos Spirituality

As we enter a New Era of consciousness and awakening, people in recovery will welcome this refreshing and highly energizing book for its far-reaching embrace of multiple paths. The Gateways into Perennial Truths shared by all wisdom traditions, resulting in a comprehensive approach to Spiritual Recovery. The Big Book has needed an infusion of deep and fresh spiritual energy and insight for a long while - and here it is!
Jack Cuffari, Interspiritual Minister

You my dear, are RIGHT on target, and RIGHT on time. You are on the cutting edge of a new revolution in the field of alcohol and addiction answers. I feel SO amazingly grateful to be a part of this. Your book is really helping me in my own sobriety and in my Spiritual Path. I finally have a Spiritual Path. That's what's been missing for my entire Sobriety.
Judith Loniak L.V.N.

Jane shares with us not only the results of her academic study and years of experience in ministry but also the hard won learnings from her own journey. She does so in a way that is accessible and user friendly - producing for us, in her own words, a "tool box."
Rev. Dr. Robert Brashear NYC

About the Author

The Rev. Dr. Jane Galloway, who has over thirty years' experience with the 12-Steps, a Claremont School of Theology Doctor of Ministry, and extensive experience serving as a minister, community leader, and advocate of the arts-- all in addition to her accomplished career as a stage and screen actor, has now become the leader of a 12-step spiritual revolution. A long time member of Alcoholics Anonymous, Rev. Galloway brings the "prayer and meditation" elements of Step 11 to a deeper level with her book, The Gateways: The Wisdom of 12-Step Spirituality, in which she shares a powerful collection of spiritual practices and rituals designed to augment the transformative work begun in recovery. The 12 Steps have helped countless addicts find sobriety; The Gateways helps them live into the spiritual awakening promised in Step 12. Jane Galloway's understanding of the 12 Steps as a spiritual path, along with her commitment to serving all who seek recovery through the Steps, makes her the perfect guide to all spiritual pilgrims on the journey--of any faith or of none--who are ready to reap the full spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical benefits of recovery.